Chapter 038: The Current Situation of Chinese Films

Wang Shang finally thought about it, and finally decided to shoot "Love Apartment".

There are many reasons for this.

First, it has a short plot, which can save shooting time. It is modeled after the season-based model of enough American dramas, each season has a complete plot, and the length is smaller, as if it were the first season, just 20 episodes.

Second, the investment is not large, just in an ordinary apartment, and the scenarios involved outside only account for a small part, and the investment of three or four million should be enough.

Third, it is light-hearted, interesting, and more acceptable, and boutique comedy will always be liked and will never go out of style.

Fourth, there are a lot of Internet hot words in "Love Apartment", once this Internet hot word appears, it will definitely cause countless sensations.

"You must give me an online line tonight, otherwise, I will write your name on the tablet."

"Since ancient times, no one has died, and he has to die early and late."

"Don't say he's got water in his head? The premise of brain water is to have brains!"

"Three stinkers, stinky to death Zhuge Liang."

"The left eye jumps, the peach blossoms bloom, the right eye jumps, the chrysanthemums bloom."

"I'm sure I'm going to be chopped into potato chips."

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In the former time and space, the production of "Love Apartment" can be said to have gone through ups and downs, its creative source was just the result of a chat, and then it has been hesitant and did not dare to start filming, even when filming started, the decision-making team did not have much confidence in it.

Wang Shang has the exploration of his predecessors, so he can naturally move forward boldly.

Teacher Zeng's indecisiveness, Sister Yifei's fierceness, Wanyu's ice and snow intelligence, Guan Gujun's serious persistence, Meijia's cute and unrestrained, and Ziqiao's cynicism.

I like Teacher Zeng's voice, admire Sister Yifei Aoyi's flash, envy Ziqiao's ability to speak, and often laugh at Guan Gujun's "very good" Chinese that he always understands.

A not luxurious apartment, two ordinary suites, inhabited by seven young men and women with different backgrounds, different identities, and different ideals.

It's a place where humorous stories that seem ordinary but fun happen every day. Sometimes it's funny, sometimes it's bizarre, sometimes it's romantic, sometimes it's touching.

Wang Shang filtered one side in his mind, opened the script editor on the computer, and started to write the script.

This time, Wang Shang is not going to have major surgery like "Step by Step", but almost directly copying it, as long as he changes some untimely lines.

Scene after scene, plot after plot kept popping out of his fingers, and soon, Wang Shang completed the writing of the first episode of the first season.

Episode 1: Wedding Smash Bros.

Lu Zhan, a talented young man who graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a major in computer science, returned to China after his studies and met Lin Wanyu, a rich girl who ran away from Lin's company at the airport.

Hu Yifei was living in the apartment at this time, and the resident Zeng Xiaoxian had a fierce conflict over the implementation plan of the wedding. After a "lifetime" wedding, the couple proposed to name the apartment - Love Apartment.

"Love Apartment" officially kicked off.

The sky gradually darkened, Wang Shang turned on the lights in the dormitory and continued to write the script.

At this time, the strange trio in the dormitory also got out of class and returned to the dormitory after eating.

"Hey, Wang Shang, are you writing a script?" Cai Jianxing is short and obscene, and his personality is also a little obscene, he likes to spy on other people's **, and he also likes to take advantage of small advantages, at this time, Wang Shangzheng didn't know what to do, and he poked his head out curiously.

The speaker was unintentional, listening intentionally, Jia Bao, who had been looking away from Wang Shang, hurriedly leaned over, looking a little excited.

Jia Bao saw the script editor he used to use and asked, "Wang Shang, are you writing a script?"

The wonderful trio are all students of the directing department, and they also have a slight grasp of the script.

"I'm writing a script......" At this moment, Wang Shang's stomach began to growl.

Jia Bao quickly reacted and asked, "Wang Shang, you haven't eaten yet, do you want me to order a takeout for you?" I just happened to have a takeaway order here, and the meal was good. ”

Originally, he wanted to say, 'I'll go down and pack the food for you', but he felt that it was too much of a trace and not beautiful, so he changed his words in time.

"Okay, thank you!" Wang Shang and the other two didn't think anything was wrong, but they were definitely good at this Jia Bao person.

"The reason why I wrote the script is because I feel that I have learned a lot, and this time I want to start my own practice, try it as a director, see how good my level is, and accumulate more experience."

"TV script?" Cai Jianxing asked.

"Yes, I'll show you when I'm done."

Gao Zhuang said: "Fortunately, it's not a movie script, and now I want to make a movie...... Hey, it's hard! ”

The tall sigh clearly infected the other two.

Cai Jianxing no longer continued to explore Wang Shang's script, and instead echoed: "Now I heard that many brothers and sisters are a little confused about this profession, and now the way out for film directors is very difficult, the current cinema chain has basically been controlled by several major cinema companies, and the threshold for movies is relatively high. ”

Jia Bao also said: "Indeed, some time ago, many people in the forum were discussing the future of this director's industry. When we choose this major, it can be said that thousands of people cross the single-plank bridge, and it is difficult to succeed, and there are very few successful people. ”

Wang Shang has been understanding the current situation of films in this time and space during this time, and the more he understands it, the more he feels that the current situation of the director industry is in a sick period. There are two main points: first, the current system does not support the training of newcomers enough, and it can even be said that it is ignored; The second is that the voice of the theater chain is greater than that of the distributor, and the share is extremely high, making it difficult for film production to move forward in the same place.

It is difficult for newcomers' movies to be taken seriously, and the movies that are made, unless they are absolutely sure, will not be put on the screen by the general theater company.

In the Chinese film industry, whether it is the system or the atmosphere, the support for young directors is not enough. Youth film awards, publicity, etc. will be a big difference compared with old directors.

And a movie is successfully filmed with hard work, and after strict screening of one out of ten thousand, it can only be released in theaters.

This is only the first step, and there is the second step of the cheat: when signing a contract with the theater chain, the theater chain has always demanded a very high profit share - 67%! And the publisher only takes 33%!!

“33%?!” When Wang Shang heard the news, he was shocked.

You must know that in 2013, the issuer's share was 43%.

And at that time, there was also a very sensational 'distribution and cinema game incident': the film distribution company felt that the cost of the film was gradually increasing, and the profit was gradually decreasing or even close to none, and finally formed a distributor alliance to ask the cinema alliance to reduce the share by 2 percentage points, and threatened to stop supplying films if it did not decrease.

In the past, the most common sharing method in the North American market, where the film industry is most mature, is that the distributor gets 70% of the box office revenue in the first week, 60% in the second week, and 50% in the third week and beyond.

Compared with 43% of China and 70% of North America in the previous time and space, 33% of this time and space is obviously extremely cheating! And it's a death pit!

When Wang Shangyi saw the result of this cheat, he was extremely painful, and he was no longer so anxious to enter the film industry.

If you are anxious to shoot "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years", maybe what awaits you will not be able to get into the theater, even if you can get on the theater, it is estimated that the share of the cheating father will make you want to die.

It's even possible to lose money.

As for the online video station, movies that have not been tested on the big screen will have very little attention from the audience, and even if it is a good movie, it is easy to pounce, just like a TV series. And the production cost of movies is much higher than that of TV series, so it is even more impossible for people to watch them for free, unless they are bad movies.

Therefore, Wang Shang will never let his movies be rejected by the theater chain and appear on the online video station in a gloomy manner.

Unless there are special circumstances......

"I really envy those brothers and sisters who have masters, because with the guidance of masters, the names of celebrity masters can be added to their movies, so that it is easier for theaters to pass their movies." Gao Zhuang said with envy.

"The last time Director Liu Kaige came here, I heard that some students performed very well, but they were not favored by Director Liu."

"I also went last time, but unfortunately it was too late to squeeze in."

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These two days can be said to be so miserable.

There are many rooms in the building, and it took a day to do hygiene.

Then I went to buy New Year's goods, and I was tired again.

It's not easy to celebrate the New Year.